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Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by kaze1028

Uhh, finally some TOC pages again. Nice! Thanks kaze!

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I find it funny how the vast majority of the mangaka are talking about food related stuff this week. Could be orchestrated or just coincidence but it kinda fits the arrival of Shokugeki no Souma, so that's cool.
Again I thought I could share some comments that struck me as interesting or were just hilarious (looking at you, Sorachi!):

Looks like Asou (Saiki Kusuo) and Hirakata (Kiruko-san) are buddies. Apparently Asou must have directed some nice words towards Hirakata in last week's TOC comment. The latter now thanks Asou in this week's comment and invites him to go grab some Ramen together.

HUNGRY JOKER's Tabata Yuuki mentions he's actually friends with the author of Shokugeki no Souma, Tsukuda Yuuto. He's very happy that both of them are getting serialized at the same time.

Sorachi cracked me up once again: He proudly declares how he can still walk around in a T-shirt, even now (in winter). It's one of the upsides of becoming fat.

And Kondou-sensei from Retsu!!! Date-senpai always makes me wonder if he's really too happy about working for Shueisha, as I usually see him talking about stuff from Kodansha. This time he says how interesting Osana guntai (serialized in Monthly Afternoon) is. The author, Matsumoto Yuusuke, is a buddy of his.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

I was wrong, I was expecting HXH resuming serialization for the movie -.-.. Well 63 pages of Kurapika's story is very good IMO, we haven't heard of him in like what, 15 volumes or so? And in real life time like 10 years or so lol.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Well since it is the last issue of the year, I will put an update of my TOC diagram. As you can see, Naruto is not just a question of one chapter. Bleach starts to rise a little and Haikyu seems to have found its place rather in the middle while Nisekoi starts to shine again.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Kurapika was shown in one of the last few chapters before the series went on hiatus. He was wearing a suit and sitting in a room full of eyeballs, remember?

Anyhow, there's still a good chance the series will resume. Remember, Jump has never released every chapter up to the last one that's been in the magazine in volume form without immediately resuming the series. At least not with HXH, they always waited for the resumption to happen before releasing the last 10 chapters in tankoubon form. Even when it went on hiatus for 3 years or whatever it was in a row.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by perroloco

I was wrong, I was expecting HXH resuming serialization for the movie -.-.. Well 63 pages of Kurapika's story is very good IMO, we haven't heard of him in like what, 15 volumes or so? And in real life time like 10 years or so lol.

The one shots coincide with the release of volume 31 on December 4. It is entirely possible that serialization resumes in January, to coincide with volume 32's December 28 release and the movies premier on January 12. Only the one shots have been announced, but if serialization is still a month away it would be a little too early for even a leaked announcement.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

The ToC feels different, I kind of realize this now since many series ended in the last year or so, Bakuman and Reborn! stand out. It somehow feels as if the ToC is shorter, but I guess more and more new series will be pumped in. The rising star AC will continue to do a good job. One Piece, Toriko and maybe Naruto will be getting top spots mostly. Bleach will follow shortly maybe even be somewhere in the middle with regular stuff there like Kochikame.

I have no idea which long running series will end soon though. Naruto, maybe? But that is a hard thing to say, though it seems the most likely. I just feel the ToC will keep on changing.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

I also share that feeling even though the TOC is just short by Toriko it does feel shorter especially since there are now 3 series which are unranked, I bet it would feel more normal once Soma ranks and also BTW love the cover and even though I don't read this kind of genre I'm a little bit curious because of the character designs.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Man, I almost died on the inside when I saw "Hunter x Hunter" and "end" on the same line. I hope HH is back for real but either way, like everyone else I'll be more than pleased with the oneshots.

I just read Hungry Joker and I like it pretty well. Hope it does good. Glad Nisekoi is back up at the top, and still happy about Assassination Classroom and Haikyu!!'s continued success. And I think I'm quite comfortable with that bottom five.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Am I the only one kinda super bummed out that scans turned up on tuesday? Like... that's for the issue out on the following monday. That's just... Man. Like, piracy has a point where it just gets kind of ridiculous. I dunno, I know it's ironic as a consumer of it but c'mon now, almost a full week early just hurts my brain

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump [2012] - Discussion and TOC Talk - Part 4

Originally Posted by Maxy Barnard

Am I the only one kinda super bummed out that scans turned up on tuesday? Like... that's for the issue out on the following monday. That's just... Man. Like, piracy has a point where it just gets kind of ridiculous. I dunno, I know it's ironic as a consumer of it but c'mon now, almost a full week early just hurts my brain

I'm not super bummed, but it is kind of brain breaking. I'm all for being able to read manga faster but....yeah this is a little scary. I'm almost expecting there to be another crackdown soon and then no raws anywhere for a few months....Circle of life and all that jazz.